6. Just seven of the 19 Townsville Supercars races have been completed without the appearance of the Safety Car. The Safety Car was not called into play at all in two of the last three Townsville events, 2015 and ’17.

7. The closest race-winning margin in Townsville is 0.2706 seconds on the Saturday in 2015, when Mark Winterbottom led home stablemate David Reynolds.

8. The closest pole-winning margin in Townsville is just 0.0005s, in Jason Bright’s favour over Whincup on the Sunday in 2014.

9. Fourth place on the grid is the most-popular starting spot for race winners in Townsville. It has produced the victor four times, including on the Sunday in the last two years.

10. DJR Team Penske scored its 100th ATCC/Supercars Championship race win at Hidden Valley last time out, becoming just the third team to reach the milestone.

The team is now just five podium finishes away from recording its 200th championship podium finish.